Lettering color on early steam

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It appears to me, that in VERY early photos of N&W locomotives (perhaps 
freight only) that the lettering is white rather than gold, for example the 
picture of the first loco produced by Roanoke.  Anyone else have data?
Jim Cochran
dcochran116 at roadrunner.com

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> Joe

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>   I have drawing  F1154  Oct 24 1884 shows gold leaf on passenger tenders 

> and gold paint on

> fright locomotive tenders

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> Larry Evans

> Kenova, WV

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>> Gentlemen,

>> I've been asked by a model company to supply info about the lettering  on 

>> early N&W steam. My information is that the lettering color on  both 

>> passenger and freight pre-1900 steam was gold leaf. Can anyone  confirm 

>> or deny that?

>> Thanks

>> Joe Giannovario

>> O Scale Trains Magazine

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